as in concurrent
existing or occurring at the same period of time the Spanish founding of San Francisco and the British colonies' declaration of independence from the mother country were coetaneous events that occurred on opposite ends of the continent

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Adjective
  • Because of that, drawing flourished as a wholly independent medium in the 1970s, thanks to the concurrent rise of idea-intensive Conceptual art.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Moreover, a part-time H-1B that is cap-subject can be paired with a part-time or full-time concurrent H-1B at a traditionally cap-subject employer.
    Sophie Alcorn, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • With a lockable synchronic-tilt mechanism and special Z-Shape design, the Kaiser 2 can accommodate a weight up to 180kg, quite a bit more than normal mechanisms on office chairs and the back can be reclined to an angle of 160 degrees which can be locked when not in rocking mode.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • For his last runway collection, unveiled in September, Michele constructed a parallel universe of side-by-side shows separated by a wall that when lifted revealed twins in identical looks in synchronic stride.
    Colleen Barry, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2022
Adjective
  • In such systems, provisioning large workloads with synchronous processing and very low latency requirements can be challenging.
    Ravi Laudya, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Usually, migrations do not need synchronous processing and can be handled asynchronously without any manual effort.
    Ravi Laudya, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The timing of these changes were roughly coincident with clarification of Information Blocking rules and Epic’s introduction of its own competing product.
    Seth Joseph, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Another suggestion is that there were two more or less coincident eruptions, one each in northern and southern hemispheres.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2011
Adjective
  • While that trend has been in place for years, recent events suggest an acceleration in sales — and the timing may not be coincidental.
    Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The White House has not commented on how the formula was created, so the similarities may simply be coincidental.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • There were no contemporaneous accounts written by Omanis, or written in Arabic, that recorded with such specificity the life and times of Omani tribespeople of that time.
    Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
  • This is also why the contemporaneous criticisms of the picture as style over substance ring so hollow today.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While all this is happening, Ravi passes out, because this is an episode with a constant barrage of simultaneous crises.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Ibiza implemented a limit of two simultaneous cruise ship dockings (down from three) in October 2024.
    Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But contemporary critics such as Arthur Kropp, the president in 1991 of the progressive advocacy group People for the American Way, did see the dustup as a portent way back then.
    Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Photo: Dominique Ricci While Quinta da Comporta offers a serene and nature-centric retreat, Sublime Comporta brings a more upscale, contemporary experience to the region.
    Monica Mendal, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Coetaneous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coetaneous. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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